Apparel garment



Dec. 11$, 1923. v D. KOPS APPAREL GARMENT 2 sheets-'Sheet 1 Filed June 17, 1922 3&782333 Dec. 18 19 D. KOPS I APPAREL GARMENT Filed June 17, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet z IN VEN TOR DANIEL noes,

F EJEH YORK, H. Y., ASSIGNOB- TO K-DPS BROS.

N. Y., A CORPOEATEGN OF INC, OF NEW YORK,

YORK.

APPAREL GARMENT.

Application filed. 31111017,

Jarel garment and more articularl to that type of apparel corset shown and described in Letters Patent No. 1.432A'ZO, October 17, 1922. The style of apparel corset to which the invention relates is a closed back garment and one in which in the front portions of the garment there are elastic sections er;- tending from the upper to the lower edges thereof with underlying adjusting devices by which the garment is adjusted to'position on the. body by effecting a pull or tension at the sides which extend therefrom in both directions. I

The object of the invention in the present case is the provision in a garment of this type of a back construction which provides a yielding support for the small of the back and also provides a pocket or receptacle at the upper back portion of the garment to yieldingly receive and support the flesh of the body which would otherwise overlie the top edge of the garment and form a rib or ridge of unsightly appearance. In carrying out the invention in the present case the garment includes a body member having a back central section in which. there may be placed an elastic insert centrally overlying the small of the back, and in the central back section there are sets of stays diverging upwardly so as to provide at the top of the garment when coacting with elastic inserts which are also placed on either side of the central back section a pocket forreceiving and supporting the flesh of the body at the garment there is an elastic sectlon 24 correspending with the elastic section 20. At its upper edge of the garment. The garment also includes in the front portions thereof the elastic sections as aforesaid, together with the underlying adjusting devices for efiecting the adjustment. as hereinbefore stated.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View illustrating a corset made in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the garment.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation of the upper part of the back portion of the corset.

1922. $ei'ia1 No. 568,937.

5 is an enlarged cross section on line Fig. o 1. an elevation showing the inner portion at one end of the garment to illustrate the construction of the adjusting devices, and

'Z is a partial elevation showing another form of construction of the back mem be of the garment.

eferring particularly to the drawing, the g nent made in accordance with this invention comprises the usual front steels and 11. The front steel 10 is fitted in the customary manner with studs 12 and the steel 11 with eyes or hooks 13by which the front steels are connected when the garment is in use. The front steel section 10 includes a downward extension 14:, and similarly the front steel sect-ion 11 includes a downward extension 15. In the extension 14 thereare series of eyelets l6, and in the extension 15 a corresponding series of eyeets 17. These eyelets 16 and 17 may have a suitablev lace threaded through the same so that they may be connected when the garment is in use. l he extension 14 is provided with a catch 18 and the extension 15 with a hook 19 by which these extensions may also be connected immediately below the lower ends of the front steels of the garment. In the left hand forward end of the garment there is elastic section 20 made of any suitable elastic fabric. This section extends from the upper to the lower edge of the corset and along its for-ward edge it is connected to the front steel section 10 by a line of stitching 21. At its opposite edge it is connected to the forward side section 22 by a line of stitching indicated at 23. Similarly, in the right hand forward end of the forward edge this elastic section 2a is connectedto the front steel section 11 along a line of stitching 25 and at its opposite edge is connected to the forward side section 26 a line of stitching 27. The body of the garment includes a cenan enlarged section on line 4 l-,

tral back section indicated at 28. In this back section 28 and in spaced substantially parallel positions on opposite sides of the center line there are'st'ay"me'inbers 29 and 30. Also in this central back section and adjacent the edges thereof there are stay members 31 and 32. These preferably diverge upwardly relatively to the stays 29 and 30. Centrally disposed in this central back section I employ an elastic insert indicated at 33. This is placed so as to e21 tend over the central line of the back section between the stay members 29 and 30 and to overlie the small of the back of the wearer. This elastic insert 33 is secured in the garment by being stitched along its opposite edges as indicated at 34 and 35, while the upper and lower ends thereof are not connected to the garment.

The body of the garment also includes the rearward side sections 36 and 39. The section 36 is connected along one edge to the section 22 by lines'of stitching indicated at 37, and along its opposite edge this section 36 is connected to the central back section along lines of stitching indicated at 38.

Similarly the rearward side section 39 is connected to the central back section along one edge thereof by aline of stitching indicated at 40, and at the opposite edge this section 39 is connected to the section 26 along lines of stitching indicated at 41. The sections 36 and 39 terminate short of the upper edge of the garment and are completed by elastic inserts 42 and 43made-of any suitable elastic or other elastic fabric. These inserts are connected tothe sections 36 and 39 by. suitable lines of stitching and are connected at their ends to the central back section and the sections 22 and 26 respectively by the'same lines of stitching which connect the sections 36 and 39 thereto.

In the left hand end of the garment underlying the elastic section 20 there are inelastic adjusting devices. These adjusting devices include a strap 44 which along one edge is 7 connected to the front steel; section by the line of stitching 21.

Along .its opposite edge the strap 44 is provided with a series of eyelets 45. The adjusting devices also include an anchor strap46 secured along one edge to the section 22 by the line of stitching 23, and along its opposite edge this anchor strap, 46 is provided with aseries of eyelets 47 Threaded through the eyelets 45 and 47 is alace 48 by which is also threaded through eyelets 49 so as to pass to the exterior of the garment from which position the parts maybe adjusted.

. [In the same manner in the righthand end of the garment, the inelastic adjusting devices comprise a strap 50 secured along one edge to the front steel section 11 by the line of stitching 25 and provided along itsopposite edge with a series of eyelets 51.

These adjusting devices also include an anchor strap' 52 which along one edge is connectedto the section26 by the line of stitching 27', and along its opposite edge this anchor strap 52 is provided witha correspondjment.

ing series of eyelets 53. A lace 54 is threaded through the eyelets 51 and '53 and also through eyelets 55 to extend through the exterior of the garment.

From the foregoing description it will now be understood that the apparel garment hereinbefore described after being placed on the body of the wea-rer is adjusted to position by drawing up and tying the laces 48 and 54 which determine the respective 7' positions of the adjusting devices at the front of the garment and by WlllOll a tension or pull is exerted. in. both directions, that is from the front section of the garment rearwardly and from the back section of the arment forwardl It will also be imderb 7 the top of the backof the garment for receiving and supporting the flesh ofv the. wearer which would otherwise extend over f the edge of the garment.

By reference to in some instances the yielding insert member Fig. 7, it Win be seenthat 33 maybe entirely dispensed with, and in such instances the construction of the back member is otherwise.preciselythe same as i 7 that hereinbefore described. 7

It will be understood that with the exception of the parts hereinbefore described as elastic the, members of'the garment are made of the usual inelastic corsetmaterial.

I claim as my invention:

1. In an apparel corset, I tions, elastic sections adjacent the ,front steel sections andextending from the upper to the lower edges of the garment, a back central section,an elastic insert in the back central section and adapted to overlie the small of the back of the wearer. and adjusting devices underlyingthe said elastic'sections at the front of the garment'whereby front steel secin the adjustment of the: garment to posii7 tion' a pull isefi'ected atthe sides in both directions circumferentially of the garments V I 2. In an apparel corset; front steel sec tions, elastic sections adjacent-the front steel'sect-ions and extending from the upper .to the lower edges of thegarmentg a back central section, an elastic insert therein and adapted to overlie the small of the back of the wearer, stays placed on either side of the saidv insert in the back central section,

and adjusting devices underlying the "said elastic sectionsat the frontof the garment 7' whereby in the adjustment of the garment to position a pull is effected at the sides in both directions circumferentially of the gar- 3. In an apparel corset, front 'steel sec; T tlons, elastic sections ad acent the front steel sections and extending from the upper to the lower edges of the garment, a back central section, an elastic insert secured along its opposite edges in a centrally disposed position in the back central section, stays on both sides of the said insert diverging toward the upper end of the garment to form a pocket at the upper end of the said back central section, and adjusting devices underlying the said elastic sections at the front of the garment whereby in the adjustment of the garment to position a pull is effected at the sides in both directions circunifer'entially of the garment.

4:. In an apparel corset, front steel sections, elastic sections adjacent the front steel sections and extending from theupper to the lower edges of the garment, a back central section, an elastic insert secured along its opposite edges in a centrally disside sections connected to the said back central section and each having an insert of elastic material at the upper end thereof, the said inserts in the said rearward side sections and the diverging stays in the back central section coacting to form a pocket at the upper edge of the garment for yieldingly supporting the flesh of the wearer, and adjusting devices underlying the said elastic sections at the front of the garment whereby in the adjustment of the garment to position a pull is effected at the sides in both directions circumferentially of the garment.

Signed by me this 20th day of May, 1922.

DANIEL KOPS. 

